Starting the project

implementing it in the prof view first

took the tutorial on the w3schools site

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

used as a new way to use existing standards (JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS)

used for better, faster, more interactive web applications

communicates directly with server using the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest object (without reloading the page)

the onreadystatechange function has 5 states, from 0, not initialized, to 4, complete

the data sent back from the server can be retrieved with the resposneTextProperty